Open Patella
How long is it gonna take me to recover from a severed patella tendon?
I cut my leg wide open at work on July 5th with a machete.(Me,Land surveyor) Severed patella tendon, and muscle lacerations just above the knee. I have been in an immobilizer for a month almost, and haven't bent my leg since the accident. I go back to the doc for a checkup and maybe start physical therapy next Thursday. What's my forecast?
I'd say it will take quite some time to be back where you were before, and you may always have some vulnerability in your knee area.
You've been in an immobilizer for a month, so that will cause muscle atrophy itself that will take a good PT program to reverse. Then, you will slowly have to build up the severed tendon as well.
I'd say 6-8 months to be close to normal (that's just my uneducated guess though). But if you overdo it and hurt it by thinking you're more capable than you are, you'll have to start the recovery process all over again.
So best to go slow and steady than take any chances.
Hope you heal well.
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Filed under Medical Equipment by on Sep 6th, 2010. 
